Invisible Lives

A photograph in a trembling hand, a life that's come undone

Once a house, a family's warmth, now traded for the sun

The pavement whispers stories, the shadows softly hum

Of dreams that vanished overnight, and lives that can't outrun

The suit he wore is tattered now, his pride a threadbare cloak

A business lost, a partner gone, a heart that nearly broke

The world walks by with empty eyes, no glances to the side

But every step they fail to take is where his hopes have died

Forgotten faces, broken soul

On streets so cruel, so bitter cold